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. 2021 Apr 12;11:7881. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86839-2

Table 2.

The number and percentage of NETs in the 6 most common sites by morphological type.

Rectum Lung and bronchus Pancreas Stomach Colon Small intestine
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Morphological type (1996–2015)
Carcinoid (8240) 1923 (83.6) 315 (23.6) 242 (29.1) 264 (44.2) 185 (41.2) 226 (61.7)
Atypical carcinoid (8249) 99 (7.4)
Neuroendocrine carcinoma (8246) 240 (10.4) 418 (31.3) 417 (50.2) 169 (28.3) 110 (24.5) 99 (27)
Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (8013) 407 (30.5)
Others 138 (6) 97 (7.3) 172 (20.7) 164 (27.5) 154 (34.3) 41 (11.2)